Hitchhiking because I'm broke and want some adventures. Currently in Berlin, at home.
Also active on other hospitality networks like BeWelcome, Trustroots. Fuck Couchsurfing for capitalizing on it.
My journeys:
- Potsdam - Istanbul - Rügen - Potsdam: 5.158 kms (minus a few hundred kilometers in coaches and trains)
- Potsdam - Munich - Linz - Budapest - Kecskémet - ... (to be continued!)
- Hamburg - Essen: 372kms
- Wittenberg - Potsdam: 70kms
- Bakenberg - Nonnevitz - Bakenberg: 5kms
By rides:
Date | Start | Drop off | Wait time | Vehicle | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Hamburg | Bremen | 1hr | Car | |
2020 | Bremen | Essen | 1hr | Car | Express package courier / taxi |
26. July 2021 | Potsdam | Czech Border | 2hr | Truck | |
26. July 2021 | Czech Border | Brno | 5min | Car | |
27. July 2021 | Brno | Bratislava | 8hrs | Small truck | |
28. July 2021 | Bratislava | Budapest | 2hrs | Truck | |
30. July 2021 | Budapest | Kecskemét | 30mins | Audi Q8 | |
30. July 2021 | Kecskemét | Arad | 30mins | Truck | |
30. July 2021 | Arad | Vidin | 1hr | Truck | Humanitarian Aid Transport from Munich to Bulgaria, Johanniter |
31. July 2021 | Vidin | Sofia | Train | Ticket was donated by someone at the Romanian border. | |
1. August 2021 | Sofia | Istanbul | Train | ||
9. August 2021 | Istanbul | Bursa | 30mins | Truck | Ferry in Eskihisar |
9. August 2021 | Bursa | Balikesir | 30mins | Car | Bad experience, drivers were high. Quickly left on a highway intersection. |
9. August 2021 | Balikesir | Ayvalik | 5mins | Car | |
10. August 2021 | Ayvalik | Ayvalik Otogar | 15mins | Car | |
10. August 2021 | Ayvalik | Izmir | 5mins | Truck | |
11. August 2021 | Izmir | Denizli | Coach | ||
13. August 2021 | Denizli | Istanbul | Coach | ||
13. August 2021 | Denizli | Istanbul | Coach | ||
16. August 2021 | Istanbul | Sofia | Coach | ||
17. August 2021 | Sofia | Vidin | Train | Met some Italian travellers on the train. | |
17. August 2021 | Vidin | Border on the bridge | 15mins | Small truck | Offered to let me walk through the border, ask for rides and would pick me up again if I didn't get one. |
17. August 2021 | Border on the bridge | Budapest | 1hr | Truck | Turkish driver who didn't know that Hungary is Muceristan. Let me sleep in his bed while he drove, cooked dinner and talked easy Turkish with me. Best driver ever! |
20. August 2021 | Budapest | Siegendorf | 30mins, 1hr | Car | Hitchhiked with a friend who got a ride within 30 mins. Found a ride for two guys going to Balaton within five minutes. Found a ride for another hitchhiker and me to the border within 1hr. |
20. August 2021 | Siegendorf | Wien | 30mins | Car | |
22. August 2021 | Wien | Ulm | 5mins | Car | |
22. August 2021 | Ulm | Würzburg | 5mins | Car | |
23. August 2021 | Würzburg | Mellrichstadt | 30mins | Car | Changed two times. |
23. August 2021 | Mellrichstadt | Wittenberg | 30mins | Car | |
23. August 2021 | Wittenberg | Potsdam | 5mins | Car | |
25. August 2021 | Berlin | Rostock | 30mins | Car | |
25. August 2021 | Rostock | Ribnitz-Damgarten | 15mins | Car | |
25. August 2021 | Ribnitz-Damgarten | Stralsund | 15mins | Car | |
25. August 2021 | Stralsund | Rambin | 1min | Car | |
25. August 2021 | Rambin | Samtens | 15mins | Car | |
25. August 2021 | Samtens | Bergen auf Rügen | 15mins | Car | |
25. August 2021 | Bergen auf Rügen | Dranske | 15mins | Car | |
28. August 2021 | Dranske | Altenkirchen | 15mins | Car | With a female friend. |
28. August 2021 | Altenkirchen | Samtens | 30mins | Car | With a female friend. |
28. August 2021 | Samtens | Stralsund | 30mins | Car | With a female friend. |
28. August 2021 | Stralsund | Berlin | 5mins | Car | With a female friend. |
28. August 2021 | Berlin | Potsdam | 15mins | Jaguar | With a female friend, stupid idea to hitchhike instead of taking the train. Paid off with a luxury ride. |